There are
already thought-controlled gadgets and smart phone apps. But
recently, a group of scientists at MIT took brain-computer
interactions to a whole new level.

While they
weren't able to create memories from scratch, they were able to
associate different feelings to neutral memories in mice. In
other words, they were able to turn frightening memories into
indifference. When successful, the memory-altered mice didn't
recognize the location where they had earlier received an
electrical shock. They thought the negative memory had been
created elsewhere.

Another feat
scientists are getting closer to achieving is the ability to
"upload" information into our brains. Learning another language,
degree, or musical instrument could be as easy as falling asleep.
Boston University scientists teamed up with a neuroscience lab in
Japan and wrote a paper on "Decoded Neurofeedback." It's the
ability to alter brain activity patterns
via functional magnetic resonance imaging machine,
Bilton writes.

An even more
mindblowing innovation that may not be far off: The ability to
connect multiple brains together.

Duke
University neuroscientist Dr. Miguel Nicolelis has successfully
done this in both mice and monkeys. Bilton explains:

"He has
connected the brains of four mice in what he calls a 'brain net'
allowing them to share information over the Internet. In another
experiment, he took two monkeys and gave them both half of a
piece of information to successfully move a robotic arm, which
required them to share the information through their
brain."

It's already
working in humans. Harvard scientists enabled a person to move a
rat tail just by thinking about it.